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The Menomonee Falls Guardian
''The Menomonee Falls Guardian'' was a tabloid published in the mid-1970s by Street Enterprises (based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin) that reprinted humor comic strips from the United States and the UK. (''The Guardian'''s sister publication, ''The Menomonee Falls Gazette'', focused on reprints of adventure strips.) The ''Guardian'' was edited by Mike Tiefenbacher. Tiefenbacher entry ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Feb. 4, 2016. ''The Menomonee Falls Guardian'' is popular among comic-strip collectors. Back issues are frequently put up for sale on . Publication history The first issue appeared June 28, 1973, with new issues published weekly until Februa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabloid (newspaper Format)
A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format. Etymology The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Co. to the compressed tablets they marketed as "Tabloid" pills in the late 1880s. The connotation of ''tabloid'' was soon applied to other small compressed items. A 1902 item in London's ''Westminster Gazette'' noted, "The proprietor intends to give in tabloid form all the news printed by other journals." Thus ''tabloid journalism'' in 1901, originally meant a paper that condensed stories into a simplified, easily absorbed format. The term preceded the 1918 reference to smaller sheet newspapers that contained the condensed stories. Types Tabloid newspapers, especially in the United Kingdom, vary widely in their target market, political alignment, editorial style, and circulation. Thus, various terms have been coined to descr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conchy
''Conchy'' was an American comic strip that ran from March 2, 1970 to February 5, 1977 (daily) and March 13, 1977 (Sunday). Set on a desert island with a group of beachcombers as the main characters, the strip addressed serious issues of its time. Publication history James Childress (April 13, 1941 – January 22, 1977) created ''Conchy'' in the early 1960s as an homage to his love of beachcombing. By 1962, Childress was pitching the strip to syndicates with no results. Eventually, he started marketing it directly to newspapers under the business name Corinthian Features. Through this, ''Conchy'' began its newspaper run on March 2, 1970. By 1974, ''Conchy'' was appearing in 26 papers, finally attracting a syndicate's interest, from Field Newspaper Syndicate, who signed Childress up that year. His client list increased to over 150 papers. During this time, Tempo Books published three collections of ''Conchy'' dailies: ''Conchy, Man of the Now''; ''Conchy on the Half-Shell'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Boarding House
''Our Boarding House'' is an American single-panel cartoon and comic strip created by Gene Ahern on October 3, 1921 and syndicated by Newspaper Enterprise Association. Set in a boarding house run by the sensible Mrs. Hoople, it drew humor from the interactions of her grandiose, tall-tale-telling husband, the self-styled Major Hoople, with the rooming-house denizens and his various friends and cronies. After Ahern left NEA in March 1936 to create a similar feature at a rival syndicate, he was succeeded by a number of artists and writers, including Wood Cowan and Bela Zaboly, before Bill Freyse took over as ''Our Boarding House'' artist from 1939 to 1969. Others who worked on the strip included Jim Branagan and Tom McCormick. The Sunday color strip ended on March 29, 1981; the weekday panel continued until December 22, 1984. Publication history In 1921, Gene Ahern created the comic strip ''Crazy Quilt'', starring the Nut Brothers, Ches and Wal. That same year, NEA General Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
